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  Food and coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to know

  

  What are saturated fats and are they bad for our heart?

  

  Are seasonal fruit and vegetables better for the environment?

  

  7 lifestyle tips to help reduce blood pressure

  

  What is salt and how does it affect our blood pressure?

  

  Plant-based protein sources for vegans and vegetarians (infographic)

  

  What is a plant-based diet and does it have any benefits?

  

  Understanding nutrition information (infographic)

  

  Dietary fats (Infographic)

  

  What is dietary fibre and is it beneficial?

  

  10 tips to eat healthy during quarantine or isolation (COVID-19)

  

  How to keep healthy while in isolation or quarantine (COVID-19)

  

  How much water should you drink per day?

  

  Daily sugar intake: How many grams of sugar per day?

  

  9 Proven Benefits of Physical Activity

  

  Food Pyramids, Plates and Guides: Building a Balanced Diet

  

  What’s Important for Vegetarians and Vegans to Eat?

  

  Organic animal-based foods

  

  Fighting food waste by innovative food packaging

  

  Vertical Farming – what’s the deal anyway?

  

  9 practical tips for a healthy and sustainable diet

  

  Food technologies: securing our future food supply

  

  7 tips to reduce your food waste

  

  Food production: A sustainable food supply

  

  Uses of Water in Food Production and Processing

• Newsroom

  

  EU-funded FIT4FOOD2030 launches innovative toolbox to make food systems more sustainable

  

  Polish biotech start-up produces zero-waste rapeseed protein in sustainability breakthrough

  

  EIT Food-funded WeValueFood fosters a new generation of Food Champions

  

  Processed foods symposium: How to communicate about what we (don’t) know?

  

  EU project REFUCOAT recyclable active food packaging opens the way to sustainable and biobased alternatives

  

  FOOD MATTERS LIVE 2020 - discussing the future of food & health

  

  Landmark paper calls for the need to develop the world’s microbiome biobanking infrastructure

  

  Imagining the future of food with Virtual Reality – FutureKitchen webinar

  

  Stance4Health: Smart Technologies for personAlised Nutrition and Consumer Engagement

  

  Dr Sophie Hieke joins Expert Advisory Panel of Food Navigator

  

  Sustainability at the cutting edge: EIT Food-funded FutureKitchen showcases algae plant with negative emissions in latest VR video

  

  EU project YPACK develops innovative biodegradable food packaging extending food shelf life

  

  WeValueFood - Reconnecting society with food

  

  FOX – Food processing in a Box: Innovative local fruit and vegetable processing for a sustainable future

  

  ProFuture – Shaping the future of microalgae proteins in food and feed

  

  How to make nutrition science more accessible? Three top facts & tips for effective communication

  

  Plant-based protein alternatives pave the way for sustainable food patterns

  

  Seeing images of vegetables can boost children’s intake – new eBooks launched to encourage children to eat their greens

  

  Breaking silos: EUFIC’s upcoming conference to connect nutrition and environmental conversations

  

  NanoPack’s Active Food Packaging Shows Impressive Results in Extending Food Shelf Life

  

  EUFIC to host 1st ever communication symposium on food-based dietary guidelines at this year’s FENS European Nutrition Conference

  

  Eating the Gap II – Engaging Food Influencers to Bring Change

  

  New food trends come to life this weekend at the Leuven Food Fashion Festival

  

  Games of Food: Educational escape games that make the learning process fun and engaging

  

  The Future Kitchen Virtual Reality Experience

  

  EIT Food: Improving Food Together

  

  NanoPack Antimicrobial Film Extends Shelf Life of Fresh Cherries by 40%

  

  SmartChain – smart solutions in short food supply chains

  

  CIRCLES kick-starts: from research on microbes to healthy diets

  

  Gut microbiota linked to obesity and mental disorders EU-funded project ‘MyNewGut’ finds

  

  The microbiome saga: what does research need to do better?

• Science Explained

  

  What Are Food Safety Risk Assessments and Why Are They Used?

  

  Organic plant-based food

  

  How to Accurately Read a Scientific Paper

  

  The Mediterranean diet

  

  Hierarchy of Scientific Evidence (Infographic)

  

  Difference Between Hazard and Risk (Infographic)

  

  Difference Between Correlation and Causation (Infographic)